I Dont Want to Think (Evil Thoughts)

I dont want to think evil thoughts
(I say to a Metro ticket examiner)
of the next person who is human
after all (and even humane)

I dont want to think evil thoughts
since I did my civic duty reporting
my streets and others lights
burning
for over 3 weeks now daily and nightly

I dont want to think evil thoughts
of the besuited state employee
driving a Delft Visible Policing car
visibly not policing outside
a place folk on occasion patronize

I dont want to think evil thoughts
notwithstanding the bureaucratic uphill
that came my way when reporting
these matters of state
(what price a presidential hotline)

I dont want to think evil thoughts
when my monthly train ticket
goes astray on my way back
from wherever I was

I dont want to think evil thoughts
linking crime, poverty and unemployment
like certain folk other than
politicians
tend to in the name of (market)
research

I dont want to think evil thoughts
of scientists non-traditional and the
like
as they are human too after all
and even humane some even more
than the rest of us down south

I dont want to think evil thoughts
(carbon footprint or otherwise)

Do you

Trying to do my Sunday best for the
progress of humanity, 13 September 2009, in spite of all things.

- David Kapp, david_kapp@yahoo.com